Director
Len Lye
125 years · Christchurch, New Zealand · 28 films
Leonard Charles Huia "Len" Lye (5 July 1901 – 15 May 1980), was a Christchurch, New Zealand-born artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. His films are held in archives including the New Zealand Film Archive, British Film Institute, Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and the Pacific Film Archive at University of California, Berkeley.
Best known for
Filmography 28
Len Lye: Master of Motion
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Secrets of British Animation
2018 · Self (archive Photos)
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011 · Himself (archive footage)
On Kanopy
Birth of a Nation
1997 · Self
Flip & Two Twisters
1995 · Self
Abstract Cinema
1993 · Himself
Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye
1987 · Self
Tal Farlow
1981 · Director
Art of the Sixties
1967 · Actor
Fountain of Hope/Peace
1959 · Director
Free Radicals
1958 · Director
Pictures for Percussion
1958 · Director
Prime Time
1958 · Director
All Souls Carnival
1957 · Director
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
1953 · Director
Life's Musical Minute
1953 · Director
Cameramen at War
1943 · Director
Newspaper Train
1942 · Director
Work Party
1942 · Director
Kill or Be Killed
1942 · Director
When the Pie Was Opened
1941 · Director
N or NW
1938 · Director
Trade Tattoo
1937 · Director
The Birth of the Robot
1936 · Director